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CCBRT is committed to the privacy and dignity of all its patients. All photography, filming and stories are obtained with the full consent of those involved. In all of our personal stories, the names of patients and their family members have been changed in order to protect their identities and privacy.
Personal Stories
Mwanaidi
It is 4pm and the sun is still extremely hot in the hills far beyond the outskirts of Dar es Salaam. The earth is as dry as dust making it virtually impossible to grow any crops. The rains are late...
Ken
When Ken was born in hospital in the south of Tanzania, nobody noticed that something was wrong. Even his own mother, 26 year old Rose, who developed measles when she was seven months pregnant, did not spot the fact that her...
Aboubakary
Little Aboubakary is in line waiting to be seen by the consultant at CCBRT Disability Hospital following his surgery the previous day. He is happier today than he has been in a long time. Today he can clearly see the...
Dora
Mama Margret gave birth in a local hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Although she had high blood pressure during the pregnancy, the delivery went well and the whole family welcomed baby Dora. Five days after her birth,...
Mfungale
Mfungale is eight years old and has cerebral palsy. His mother, Joyce, brought him to CCBRT for physiotherapy for the first time in 2002. She reflects on the intervening years: “CCBRT has helped me a lot during all these...
Anna
The fans whirr overhead on this hot day in Dar es Salaam as Anna lies on her hospital bed nursing her one year old. It’s not the first time Anna, 25, has been to CCBRT Disability Hospital and she is comfortable being here,...
Agnes
Abandoned by her father at birth, Agnes, from south west Tanzania, has lived for 15 years on the outside of her community simply because of the way she looked. Born with a cleft lip, a deformity for which there is no...
personal stories
After a very difficult labour, Zola was born eight weeks premature and later contracted yellow...
changing lives
Wandugu was playing with his father's tools when he poked himself in the eye. Unable to see, his parents brought him to CCBRT where an operation means that he can now see again properly.
- carried out 22 fistula surgeries
- performed 703 eye surgeries
- performed 43 cleft lip surgeries
- saw 341 patients for physiotherapy
- manufactured 149 new devices for people with disabilities
